The bars are local unions of the attorneys in the Federal Republic of Germany. The district of a chamber corresponds to that of the respective higher regional court district or a part of the same. The permission to the bar leads in Germany strength of law to the obligation membership in the regionally responsible bars.

The bars are bodies of the public right. They take the national tasks assigned by law to them as "indirect public administration" were. Among other things they participate e.g. in the procedures of the permission for the bar, supervise the adherence to the occupation right and mediate with disputes between lawyers and their mandators. Details of their tasks and powers result from the Federal Law lawyer order (BRAO).

They are led by a honorary executive committee, which the members of a bar from its center select. The individual bars are united in the Federal Law bar association.

The bar associations the so-called lawyer courts are attached. This court decides on occupation-legally relevant misdemeanours of attorneys. Apart from fines also professionals disqualification can be expressed against lawyers.

History

On 1 July 1878 became in the RGBl. No. 23 "the attorney order "announces, which stepped on 1 October 1879 into force.

This happened on the basis long pre-working and political discussions parallel with several realm law laws, which stepped uniformly on 1 October 1879 into force. Apart from the attorney order and the counsel's fee order were the Judiciary Act, the judicial code, the code of criminal procedure and the Bankruptcy Code parts of this judicial reform.

Afterwards the formation of the bars without central controlling body took place in the German Reich. In the year 1908 the executive committees of the German bar associations united.

To 18. March 1933 was established the realm bar by regulation of the realm president as a controlling body of the German bars. Their president of 1933-1945 was a senior counsel Dr. Neubert.

Already to 31. March/1.April 1933 was worked by order of the kommissarischen Minister of Justice Kerrl toward "the cleaning "of the chamber executive committees by Jewish members.

By on 13 December 1935 (RGBl I, 1470) decided enriching genuine lawyer order (RAO) became the realm bar (RRAK) in the sense of the centralization and synchronising the only legally responsible agency of all attorneys certified with courts of the German Reich. The local bar associations lost their "Chambers "now the past chamber executive committees were called. The chairmen were only more instruction-bound organs of the RRAK; they were appointed by the realm Minister of Justice under co-operation of the realm leader of the BNSDJ (LV right true federation).

This in the year 1936 into force stepped so-called "realm attorney order 1936 "terminated the existence of the bars as legally responsible things. They existed as dependent organs of the realm bar away. The Germans were summarized in the realm bar. Their president was appointed by the realm Minister of Justice and appointed for his part the local chamber presidents, who in relation to he possessed instruction right. "The leader principle "was introduced.

1945 dissolved the crew authorities of the allied ones the bars.

In the year 1949 the working group of the bar association executive committees in the Federal Republic of Germany was created.

1959 took place the establishment of the Federal Law bar association. The Federal Law bar association is loud "§ 233 BRAO legal successors of the realm bar.

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• Federal Law lawyer order (BRAO)
• Federal Law bar association

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